The ROI Guy

JANUARY 3, 2017

As we enter the New Year, a look back at what we can learn from the most popular Frugalnomics Survival Guide articles of 2016: Gartner: buyers Demand Less Pitch, More Value-Story According to a study from Gartner, most solution providers are not providing what buyers need when it comes to content and sales engagements.

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Decision Maker ROI Survey Consumer 45

SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

It’s almost time for Rainmaker 2016 , the the one and only conference dedicated 100% to all things sales development. Our Rainmaker 2016 speakers want to answer the question: what’s next in sales development? clickToTweet tweet=”‘Don’t bashfully tread around the question.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

If you are in IT sales and marketing, there are three significant challenges of which you should be well aware when setting up your budgets and plans for 2016. Is your content ready to help convince buyers that the challenges you address are investment worthy in a constrained spending environment? IT Spending on the Decline?

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Decision Maker Marketing Proposal Channels 74

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 26, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-05-26. The resulting score determines how marketing will respond to each lead to propel the prospective buyer through the Revenue Marketing journey. The resulting score determines how marketing will respond to each lead to propel the prospective buyer through the Revenue Marketing journey. read more

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Scale Revenue 200

OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

In fact, one of the major shifts is the end-to-end buyer process. This change in the buyer process requires retailers to be agile in their go-to-market strategies. The post Planning for Retail Success in 2016 appeared first on OS Blog. The need to engage with a sales rep is basically becoming obsolete. Connect on LinkedIn.

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Retail Scale Consumer Forecasting 40

Tenbound

MAY 20, 2020

Most of us are aware that the buyer’s journey has changed dramatically in the last few years (and months given the global pandemic). This is supported by a CEB (acquired by Gartner) report in 2016 that shared “buyers on average are 57% of the way through their buying journey before even reaching out to a vendor”.

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Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Prospecting Inbound 126

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-11-04. Teaser: To succeed in high-ticket selling, you must be able to communicate the right way with buyers looking to make a big investment. To succeed in high-ticket selling, you must be able to communicate the right way with buyers looking to make a big investment. Author: Stephanie Chung. read more

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

If you’re marketing or selling technology, this decline could have a significant impact, with buyers becoming even more cautious and economic focused. In order to connect and engage with “Do Nothing” buyers, helping them through the decision making journey, you need to leverage content to help them realize: Why Consider a Change? -

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ROI Decision Maker Proposal Forecasting 53

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 17, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-05-01. Teaser: Sales and marketing professionals who want to personalize interactions with each of their buyer personas would do well to hang around the concierge desk at an upscale hotel for a while. Author: Adele Revella. read more

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Hotels Buyer Persona Buyer Marketing 159

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

According to HubSpot research, 93% of consumers will be repeat buyers at companies with excellent customer service. It’s at least five times more expensive to bring in a new customer versus retaining an existing buyer. In this piece, we’ll briefly give an overview of these areas, with future articles delving deeper into the details.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 264

Tenfold

AUGUST 30, 2017

What we often have to deal with is a highly-evolved B2B buyer, someone who’ve searched across several online platforms. So, it pays to ask: How do B2B buyers search for tech solutions and how can you ensure you’re there, at every stage of their buyer’s journey? B2B Buyer Behavior. The Digital Age Buyer’s Journey.

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Outsourcing Services Buyer B2B Lead Rank 79

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-09-12. Teaser: A seller earns the right to ask for the business if and when a buyer has all they need to make a buying decision. The better job B2B salespeople do in uncovering buyer needs and associated value, the more likely they’ll win the business. read more

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 8, 2020

Editor's note: This post was originally published in December 28, 2016 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. The combination of intelligent predictive technology and the right use case for your team will result in a win for everyone.

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Lead Rank Software Software Lead Scoring 91

The Pipeline

JANUARY 14, 2020

In 2016, approximately 854,000 Canadian car commuters spent at least 60 minutes traveling to work. Assuming your target buyer was one of these commuters, what are they thinking about while in routine traffic? Many sellers only deal with buyers already in Decision mode. One of those is thinking. Put a lot of “leads?”

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Buyer Objections 250

Allego

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

They should use it to record and manage data about and interactions with buyers and potential buyers. A central system allows multiple people to access and edit information about a buyer’s journey. Identify Your Ideal Buyer. You want to make sure your partners refer buyers who match your ideal customer profile.

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Revenue Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Buyer Persona 116

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 7, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-08-01. Teaser: If you imagine a pie representing the total value created by you and your buyer working together, the buyer’s equity - the value they get - is their “asset” (the size of the total pie) less their liability (the slice they give you). Author: Tom Cates. read more

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 20, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-01-20. Teaser: In Part III of a three-part series, HG Data’s Chief Revenue Officer tells the story of Whale Hunter #4 - The Buyer's Friend. In Part III of a three-part series, HG Data’s Chief Revenue Officer tells the story of Whale Hunter #4 - The Buyer's Friend. read more

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Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Sales Tips: How to Step Up Your Prospecting for 2016. After completing this one-day Work Session, students will: Learn how to develop and execute a Prospecting and Business Development Plan that will help them build their pipeline to optimum strength and achieve 2016 quota. Want to pump the pipeline for success in 2016?

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Prospecting InsideView How To Cold Calling 40

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 8, 2017

Nearly half of all buyers surveyed by the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) say that budgets have increased, and 60 percent of buyers report they plan to increase the number of people eligible for incentive travel awards in 2017. firms spend over $14B annually on incentive travel. 

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Travel Incentives Incentive Lead Rank 205

Anne Miller

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Interesting, known for the clarity and strength of her written opinions and dissents, when asked in a 2016 interview , which teachers inspired her, she named Vladimir Nabokov at Cornell, who “…changed the way I read and the way I write. Why your product or service is the right choice for a buyer. What you do. Who you are.

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Proposal Webinar Metrics Follow-up Buyer 108

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

That’s why 2016 saw DiscoverOrg double down on non-IT datasets. These new datasets, plus 106% growth in our Marketing dataset, generated an astonishing 371% increase in non-IT contacts in 2016. In late 2016, Gartner confirmed a widely held belief that CMOs are expected to spend more on technology than CIOs in 2017.

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Decision Maker Marketing Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 120

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Additionally, diversity-themed executive roles have been on the rise in companies since at least 2000, but made a noticeable jump in 2016, ZoomInfo data shows. These and other customer-themed duties are growing increasingly important in corporate America as buyers demand smoother interactions.

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Nonprofit Hiring Marketing Face-to-face 246

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 24, 2016

Instead, you need interactive content can help, providing buyers with personalized content, assessments and analysis based on a quick discovery and self-directed journey. In fact, business knowledge and insights were a top reason why buyers chose the winning vendor. What can you do for me?

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ROI Buyer Vendor Report 40

The Pipeline

JUNE 7, 2016

June 9, 2016 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET. Among the things you can control is the how a message is delivered, and how it is taken on by a buyer. We all want to engage buyers, encourage a dialogue based on their objectives and business driver, your visuals should align with those, not force the buyer to align with your visuals.

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Webinar Metrics Case Study ROI Lead Rank 120

The Pipeline

MAY 22, 2018

To add greater credence to their word, they pointed to the fact that sellers now have to deal with a more discerning and informed buyer. On March 31, 2016, the Harvard Business Review published “ Dire Predictions, Salespeople Aren’t Going Away.” Buyers vs Prospects. Time Reveals All.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sage Segment 212

Increase Sales

JANUARY 2, 2016

Programs are also geared to a particular buyer. In this instance I am not sure who the Realtor believes is a buyer for our home. Again, I have a negative bias about the word programs because programs do not sell anything. Now processes do sell. Goal #3 – Implied Value or Need.

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Real Estate Direct Mail Marketing Decision Maker 70

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 7, 2017

CSO Insights’ 2017 Best Practices Study revealed that quota attainment—averaged across all geographies, industries, and company sizes—dropped from 63 percent of salespeople in 2012 to 53 percent in 2016. Buyers feel the pressure and know they can anticipate an end-of-quarter and end-of-year push. Plus, we become flagrant discounters.

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Account Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Quota 189

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 13, 2017

The internet empowers buyers with more access to information, most likely 50 to 80 percent of the way through their cycle before they engage a salesperson. As if the “content shock” weren’t exhausting enough, buyers also have more internal touchpoints to deal with. It means frustrated, confused, overwhelmed buyers. It means 6.8

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Top of Funnel B2B Strategy Referrals 189

Jeff Davis

MARCH 27, 2018

This guest post was originally published on the Linkedin Sales Blog There has been a lot of talk lately about the news that CEB released some time ago that shows us that the typical B2B buyer is already 57% through the purchase process before reaching out to sales. according to Brent Adamson, Principal Executive Advisor at CEB.

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Top of Funnel Buyer Decision Maker Scale 48

Anne Miller

APRIL 21, 2022

From 2014 Control the Buyer-Seller Vibe. From 2016 Why You Should Never “Present “ From 2017 Alliteration Allure. Words Matter – Make What You Say Pay! From 2012 You Lost Me at Hello. From 2013 3 Tips for Dealing with Strangers in Presentations. From 2015 Why Great Presentations Often Go Nowhere.

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Groups Coaching Up-Sell Buyer 62

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 31, 2019

The accusation of “fake news” has risen to the forefront of American consciousness, thanks to the 2016 U.S. The result: You won’t have a handle on the facts, and your assumptions about your buyer, their company, or deal-making in general are very real barriers to closing the deal. ” In sales, accuracy is paramount.

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Data Hiring Vendor Face-to-face 133

SBI

JUNE 25, 2020

ED: The selling environment has completely changed now that buyers are able to go online and find out who a company is, what they do, who their competitors are, and even get active testimonials from sites like G2, all before the buyer ever interacts with the company’s sales team.

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Scale Buyer Case Study Banking 120

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

If the goal is to make buyers feel “obliged” to give you some business, that’s an obvious manipulative trick – one that buyers are likely to resent. But there’s another type of reciprocity that gift giving triggers—having to do with the relationship, not the sale—and it helps create a win-win for buyers and sellers.

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Pharmaceuticals Customer Study Incentives 52

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Build Loyalty According to HubSpot research, 93% of consumers will be repeat buyers at companies with excellent customer service. It’s at least five times more expensive to bring in a new customer versus retaining an existing buyer. Even during economic uncertainty, opportunities exist with new product development. “If

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 130

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In fact, according to the CSO Insights 2016 Sales Enablement Optimization Study , the number of businesses with a dedicated enablement function has increased from 19% to 33% since 2013. Get our research report: 30 Ways to Get Inside the Mind of Your Target Buyer. When it comes to focusing efforts, this should be a top priority.

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Sales Enablement Collateral Decision Maker Study 295

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 7, 2021

They are the foundation (like lasagna noodles) used to gain a basic understanding of a subject, so they’re the best questions to use when beginning conversations with buyers. First-layer questions only expose rudimentary information — they don’t provide a thorough understanding of the buyer. and “when?” In general terms.

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How To Buyer Vendor Examples 129

Zoominfo

APRIL 18, 2019

Whatever it may be, if you’re looking to shorten the sales cycle, you need to understand who your best buyers are in order to fuel your pipeline with new contacts. The types of profiles created from these questions are called buyer personas and will help you greatly in tailoring your communications to these peoples’ needs.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Top of Funnel Leads 140